Everybody knows Big Oil has conspired to hide the fact that it knew decades ago that its product was causing global warming that puts all humanity at risk. Greens have been claiming that since the 1990s. AG's United for Clean Power endorsed the claim and initiated investigations and lawsuits. Except not. For years independent journalist Russell Cook has exposed the errors of the conspiracy claim. Now a federal judge in the ultra-liberal San Francisco circuit has rejected the claim, too. In … [Read more...]
People of the State of California v. British Petroleum P.L.C. et al.
You might---or then you might not---have heard recently of two lawsuits filed in separate jurisdictions in California lately called People of the State of California v. British Petroleum P.L.C. et al., by San Francisco city attorney Dennis Herrera and Oakland city attorney Barbara J. Parker. They allege that BP and other "big oil" companies are harming people by producing a product that causes dangerous global warming. They're about as likely to succeed as similar suits of the … [Read more...]
